Category Archives: Business

Enliven hosted the brand-new St. Louis SaaS Meetup group for a panel discussion on recruiting all-star candidates for tech companies or positions. Our president, Ian, joined Jay Murchison, founder/president of Concero Technology Group, to lead a discussion on their approaches to acquiring tech talent. Here are some of the most pressing questions they addressed: There’s…

Entrepreneur Quarterly (or, EQ), is a media outlet for start-up businesses in the St. Louis community. They highlight the wins of the startup ecosystem and build a community among local entrepreneurs. We were recently featured in an article after a conversation with Krystin about what our company does (that is, develop software for innovative corporations).…

Lots of people can start up their own business, but true entrepreneurs are a rare breed. Enliven’s co-founder Cuong Dang, is one of those special individuals, and sat down with the crew at ‘Entrepreneurially Thinking’ Podcast to share his journey. In their podcast, ‘Entrepreneurially Thinking’, Dr. Cheryl Watkins-Moore and Christy Maxfield sit down with “the best…

We are excited to partner with Monsanto’s digital innovation team to execute on their latest agricultural sustainability initiative. This cutting edge solution would allow Monsanto to continue their mission of supporting farmers and increasing the quality of our food in an eco-friendly way. Enliven bridges the gap between a corporate setting and the start-up world…

Our relationship with Nortek Global HVAC started when we partnered with their marketing team to create a new website with a great design and an outstanding interface. That lead to our partnership on Edgetek, a digital platform providing world class training and certifications for HVAC contractors. After the successful Edgetek launch, Nortek Global HVAC came…

Cuong Dang is one of many successful entrepreneurs in St. Louis, the fastest-growing region for foreign-born people. He moved to St. Louis to attend college at Maryville University, and after graduation was offered a job in software development. Now, as the CEO and co-founder of Enliven, he promotes St. Louis as a portal for economic…

This year, Enliven is excited to join our friends at the Asian American Chamber of Commerce (AACC) for their annual Connections Dinner on May 24. As a Sapphire sponsor and technology partner to the AACC, we are committed to furthering their mission of supporting Asian professionals, Asian business owners and those doing business in Asia.…

The on-going argument of whether email is dead or not is still up for debate. This site provides some good insight into whether it’s really dead, or it’s just morphing into something different than what we’re used to. Don’t worry, I’m not here to talk about email, but rather to share my experience on leveraging…

Lately there's been a big push for non-traditional business set-ups. Just google any buzzword like ‘millennial culture’, ‘innovative disruption’, or my personal favorite, ‘corporate synergy’, and you’re bound to get a million articles on why you should turn against the typical enterprise set-up. While most of these are passing crazes with little tangible value, one…

This Christmas I got a copy of the biography Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future, a book about the billionaire’s journey from childhood into becoming ‘the world’s most important entrepreneur’. It’s unusually intimate for a book about Elon, who is notorious for refusing interviews. However, he respected the persistence of…